World Cup hosts South Africa will enter their friendly against Denmark on a roll June 5th in Atteridgeville as they are unbeaten in the last five matches with four wins and a draw. They’ve only let in one goal over that time, in a 1-1 stalemate with Bulgaria on May 24. It seems the team [...]

Australia and the USA will face off in the final World Cup tune up game for each team on June 5 at the Ruimsig Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. But things aren’t looking too rosy for the squads at the moments as each ream could be missing two of their strikers for the game. Australia [...]

Italian fans might be in panic mode after the team’s 2-1 loss to Mexico on June 3, but manager Marcello Lippi isn’t there just yet even though his squad has looked far from impressive lately by winning just two of their last six matches, with three draws. However, it’s understandable if Italy were a little [...]

Holland get ready to take on Ghana in a World Cup warm up match at home in Rotterdam on June 1. However, Dutch manager Bert van Marwijk won’t be risking any of his injured players ahead of the World Cup 2010. This means it’s doubtful that winger Arjen Robben of Bayern Munich will see much [...]

Cameroon and Slovakia fought to a 1-1 draw in a World Cup warm up match in front of 8,000 fans in Klagenfurt, Austria on May 29. It was a hard-fought match with Cameroon snagging a late equalizer. Slovakia took an early lead in just the fifth minute as midfielder Kamil Kopunek let fly with an [...]

World Cup favourites and current European champions Spain had all they could handle against Saudi Arabia as they needed a last-minute goal from Fernando Llorente in stoppage time to beat the 66th-ranked nation 3-2. The match took place in front of 8,500 fans in Innsbruck, Austria on May 29th. The teams traded some good chances [...]

It was a bitter pill to swallow for Serbia on May 29 as 78th-ranked New Zealand shocked them 1-0 in front of 14,000 fans in Klagenfurt, Austria. While New Zealand is regarded as one of the weakest teams in the upcoming world cup, they certainly didn’t play that way as they handed 15th-ranked Serbia the [...]

England rode their luck against Japan in Graz, Austria, on May 30 and came out 2-1 winners thanks to two own goals by their opposition. While they created several good chances of their own and had most of the possession, it took own goals in the 72nd and 83rd minutes to seal the win in [...]

Mexico remained unbeaten in 10 games and kept their fifth consecutive clean sheet with a 1-0 win over Chile in front of 95,000 home supporters at the Azteca Stadium on May 16. Striker Alberto Medina scored the lone goal of the game for the 17th-ranked Mexicans in the 14th minute. The goal was set up [...]

The Korean Republic (South Korea) won its third game in a row with a 2-0 victory over Ecuador in Seoul on May 16. The 47th-ranked Koreans scored two goals in the last 20 minutes to seal the win over the 36th-ranked visitors. The Korean Republic still have international matches lined up with Japan (May 24), [...]